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Peltz's Trian Launches Proxy Fight in Quest to Break Up DuPont
2015-01-09 17:37:31| Food - Topix.net
Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management LP is taking its fight for influence at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Trian, owner of about 2.7% of DuPont, has been campaigning to split the company for nearly two years.
Peltz's Trian Launches Proxy Fight in Quest to Break Up DuPont
2015-01-09 17:27:44| Appliances - Topix.net
Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management LP is taking its fight for influence at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Trian, owner of about 2.7% of DuPont, has been campaigning to split the company for nearly two years.
Activist Carl Icahn Urges Split at Manitowoc (MTW), Eyes Proxy Fight
2014-12-29 18:52:47| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Icahn's campaign comes after another high-profile activist fund, Relational Investors LLC, in June launched a similar insurgency . Even though Relational Investors still reports owning an 8.5% stake, its campaign to have Manitowoc to break itself into the same two units may be on hold -- the fund reportedly recently began the process of winding down its $6 billion portfolio after its co-founder, Ralph Whitworth, had to take a leave from the firm for health reasons.
Recent Developments Relating to Rights to Exclude Shareholder Proposals from Proxy Statements
2014-12-17 02:22:59| Grocery - Topix.net
A recent court decision and no-action letter have brought to light new issues surrounding issuer requests for Securities and Exchange Commission no-action relief with respect to the ability to exclude shareholder proposals from the issuer's proxy statement. On November 26, the US District Court for the District of Delaware ruled that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. improperly excluded a shareholder proposal from its 2014 proxy statement even though Wal-Mart had previously been granted no-action relief by the Office of Chief Counsel of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance .
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SEC Grants No-Action Relief to Whole Foods to Exclude Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal
2014-12-11 19:01:25| Grocery - Topix.net
On December 1, 2014, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission granted no-action relief to Whole Foods Market regarding its request to omit a shareholder proposal from its proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 14a-8 states that a company may exclude a shareholder proposal if such proposal directly conflicts with one of the company's own proposals to be submitted to shareholders at the same meeting.
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